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The mosque has a 15-meter-high minaret consisting of three floors, the upper part of which has a wooden structure. The minaret has a spiral staircase made up of two rows 60 to 70 cm wide at the base. In the upper parts of the minaret, wooden spools have been used to hold the components and
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Based on its extraordinary architecture, Khoranagh minaret shakes with the force of human hands. Khoranagh is a unique monar jonban in the world for it is completely built of
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era, long before the construction of the Great Mosque. The movement of these minarets is clearly visible. Kharanaq attracts many tourists because of a peculiarity of its
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